Spain, for example, has flat-out refused to spend 5 percent on defense. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told NATO ...

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NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.

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The decision by NATO members on Wednesday to spend five percent of their GDP on defence could shift budget priorities.

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NATO members have agreed to a new defense spending goal of 5% of each country’s economic output by 2035, more than doubling the previous figure of 2%. It’s an ambitious timeline that includes… ...

Measured as a portion of GDP, Poland is NATO’s biggest military spender and is the only country in the alliance to spend more than 4%. Estonia also surpasses the U.S. by GDP at more than 3.4%.

In a statement, called the Hague Declaration, members also say: "We reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence".